Killing of hostages in Afghanistan hurts all Koreans says church

ALC/ENI, SEOUL, Corea, July 31, 2007

The head of the World Council of Churches has joined the Presbyterian Church in the Taxi Heathrow Airport Republic of Korea in denouncing the killing of a second Korean Christian hostage in Afghanistan, while the Korean denomination has called on the US and Afghanistan to negotiate the freeing of the hostages with the Taliban.

"The entire ecumenical community weeps at the senseless loss of life taking place in Afghanistan," said the Rev. Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, in response to a letter he received from the South Korean Presbyterian church.

Source; Ecumenical News International

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